​The $50,000 Goal

​$50,000 you say? That's bananas! Why do we need to raise so much money. Here's why...

In 2010 Edison Elementary received a $2.5M/3 years grant to create an Advanced Technology Magnet Program at our school. The grant money paid for our computer lab, smart boards in classrooms, loaner laptops for 5th and 6th grade students, digital projectors and a techonology teacher to deliver the K-6 curriculum.

It's now 2015 and the grant has run out. It's up to us, the parents, the teachers, the community to raise the funds to keep the program going. The more we raise the more likely we are to get other grants and support from outside the school as well.How do we do this? Through your tax-deducatible personal donations to our non-profit TEEF foundation, additional grants, fundraisers and community donations. We need to raise $50,000 to sustain the Computer Lab teacher, update and repair equipment and fund teacher classroom grants. Without your support our tech program will end.We are asking for a minimum donation of $55 per student to help maintain our technology program. You can make a donation by check to TEEF and leave it in the front office. You can also click the PAYPAL link in the column to the left and donate all at once or create a monthly giving plan.Many schools ask for hundreds of dollars in donations from each parent, every year. We can accomplish all our goals if each family donates just $110. TEEF turns your dollars into tech education opportunities for all our children.